Collections made by Tongai Castigo

Records: 37

The following is a list of the collections made by Tongai Castigo in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Botswana (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
60643 Alternanthera pungens15 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW940 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
On bare disturbed soil on side of dirt road Along road road from Chitengo to Punwe River, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS32

-18.98326034.3525007
68643 Artabotrys brachypetalus30 Nov 2015BT Wursten
T Castigo
CBS Antonio
BF Pondeca
CF de Brito Langa
T Castigo TC124 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Riverbank at seasonally dry streamBase of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park. 14400Mozambique1834C2MS67

Same specimen as recorded in April (record 66183)

-18.60042034.3388507
60258 Boerhavia diffusa25 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW1006 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Disturbed cleared ground Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A1MS52

Fruit rounded, glandular

-19.05903034.2274707
60257 Boerhavia erecta25 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW1005 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Disturbed cleared ground Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A1MS52

Fruit sharply angled, glabrous

-19.05903034.2274707
115492 Capparis tomentosa18 Aug 2015T Castigo
T Castigo TC87 BT Wursten EOWBL
Between Picada 3 and 4, Gorongosa National Park140Mozambique1834C4MS23

-18.90293934.4350616
60385 Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum11 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW909 BT Wursten EOWBL
Floodplain wooded grassland Road no3 before Junction no4, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS24

In fruit

-18.90333334.4344447
115522 Cassytha filiformis13 Aug 2016T Castigo
T Castigo TC225 T Castigo BT Wursten EOWBL
Urema-Muanza rd0Mozambique1934B1MS167

-19.00693134.7445615
68749 Commiphora africana30 Nov 2015T Castigo
CF de Brito Langa
T Castigo TC113 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
In woodlandBetween Vunduzi river and Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.14400Mozambique1834C2MS120

In fruit

-18.60018034.3421006
60416 Corallocarpus bainesii13 Jun 2014T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW927 BT Wursten EOWBL
Game Sanctuary, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A2MS55

Handed in by Coimbra people for ID and kept

-19.00276834.2587756
60431 Crossopteryx febrifuga14 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW931 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Wooded grassland with Hyphaene palms Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS29

In fruit

-18.94677034.3489607
117298 Dicliptera clinopodia11 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW912 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Margin of sand forest. Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS41

-18.97777834.3511117
60279 Distephanus divaricatus11 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW916 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Margin of sand forest Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS41

-18.95833334.3408337
60363 Erythrophleum africanum21 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW989 T Castigo MA Hyde BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Mixed woodland Bue Maria, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A1MS128

-19.02139034.1823807
60437 Evolvulus alsinoides var. alsinoides14 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW933 BT Wursten EOWBL
Wooded grassland with Hyphaene palms Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS29

-18.94677034.3489607
60403 Gardenia volkensii subsp. volkensii var. volkensii13 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW920 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Margin of seasonal pan in sand forest Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS41

Fruit ellipsoid-ovoid

-18.96071034.3390007
60405 Gardenia volkensii subsp. volkensii var. volkensii13 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW924 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Margin of seasonal pan in sand forest Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS41

Fruit appearing different from BW920, depressed globose with more prominent remaining calyx or calyx scars.

-18.96077034.3384807
60212 Gnaphalium purpureum24 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW994 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Disturbed cleared ground Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A1MS54

-19.05846034.2275107
60296 Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. fruticosus11 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW905 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Floodplain wooded grassland Road no3 before Junction no4, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS24

Very common in this area

-18.90333334.4344447
115070 Helichrysum kraussii13 Aug 2026T Castigo
T Castigo TC213 BT Wursten EOWBL
Open areaUrema-Muanza road, Muanza, Sofala.0Mozambique1934B1MS0

-19.00692834.7445617
60293 Heliotropium indicum11 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW907 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Floodplain wooded grassland Road no3 before Junction no4, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS24

-18.90333334.4344447
106325 Ipomoea shirambensis18 Dec 2015T Castigo
T Castigo TC18 BT Wursten EOWBL
On road 4, Gorongosa National Park 140Mozambique1834C4MS0

-18.91720034.3878757
60427 Kalanchoe lanceolata13 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW925 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
At base of termite mound at margin of seasonal pan in sandforest Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS41

Large colony of plants; only some with flowers open; leaves withering especially near the base

-18.96077034.3384807
115494 Parinari curatellifolia13 Aug 2016T Castigo
T Castigo TC201 EOWBL
Urema-Muanza rd0Mozambique1934B1MS167

-19.00693134.7445616
60210 Parthenium hysterophorus25 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW1002 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Disturbed cleared ground Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A1MS52

-19.05903034.2274707
68742 Paullinia pinnata30 Nov 2015T Castigo
CF de Brito Langa
T Castigo TC116 T Castigo BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Rivering fringeVunduzi River at Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park. 14400Mozambique1834C2MS75

In flower and fruit.

-18.60391034.3452706
60640 Phyllanthus reticulatus var. reticulatus15 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW939 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
In mixed deciduous woodland Along road road from Chitengo to Punwe River, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS32

-18.98326034.3525007
60438 Pteleopsis myrtifolia14 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW934 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
In mixed woodland Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS40

-18.96558034.3460807
60349 Pupalia lappacea var. velutina21 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW987 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Disturbed area In shade of trees on wooded rocky outcrop Bue Maria, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A1MS115

-19.02275034.1805907
96128 Pupalia micrantha5 Dec 2016T Castigo
T Castigo TC244 BT Wursten EOWBL
Nhascuvo, Gorongosa National Park140Mozambique1934A1MS0

-19.05600034.2267406
72517 Richardia brasiliensis2 Mar 2015T Castigo
T Castigo TC110 BT Wursten EOWBL
Miombo woodlandCommunity Education Centre (CEC), Gorongosa National Park.140Mozambique1834C3MS0

-18.95363934.1771117
60298 Striga asiatica11 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW906 BT Wursten EOWBL
Floodplain wooded grassland Road no3 before Junction no4, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS24

-18.90333334.4344447
60647 Striga forbesii15 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW944 BT Wursten BR
EOWBL
Among grasses on alluvial soil in riverine area Along road road from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS32

Apparently this is a first record for the Manica-Sofala Division.

-18.99233034.3509407
60215 Trichodesma zeylanicum24 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW993 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Disturbed cleared ground Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A1MS54

-19.05846034.2275107
60254 Tridax procumbens25 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW1003 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Disturbed cleared ground Nhascuvo Ranger Camp, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1934A1MS52

-19.05903034.2274707
96127 Utricularia stellaris16 Jul 2016T Castigo
T Castigo TC211 BT Wursten BR
LMA
EOWBL
In seasonally flooded area.Along road no4, Gorongosa National Park140Mozambique1834C4MS0

Flowers yellow, a whorl of swollen floaters present.

-18.89165034.3930907
60434 Waltheria indica14 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW932 BT Wursten BR
TCT-Catapú
EOWBL
Wooded grassland with Hyphaene palms Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS29

-18.94677034.3489607
60444 Ximenia americana var. microphylla14 Jun 2014BT Wursten
T Castigo
BT Wursten T Castigo BW935 BT Wursten T Castigo EOWBL
Dense vegetation in mixed woodland Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park 14370Mozambique1834C4MS26

Shrub with rather blue-green leaves; in fruit

-18.96127034.3421207


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Collections made by Tongai Castigo.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-collections-by-person.php?person_id=661, retrieved 26 March 2025

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